I’ve built and quit 5+ Notion setups. this is the first one I didn’t drop after a week
I’ll be honest, I’m kind of addicted to building productivity systems, but I’m really bad at sticking to them. I’ll spend a few days making something “perfect”, use it for like 2 days, then never open it again because it starts feeling like work. Most of what I made before was basically just to-do lists. You check things off, but it doesn’t really feel like you’re going anywhere.
I’m working 12-hour shifts right now, so I needed something that takes almost no effort to use. What I changed this time was pretty simple:
I stopped focusing on tasks and just started logging actions. takes few seconds. after that everything else happens automatically in the background.
- it gives XP based on what I did
- goes into different areas (fitness, learning, money, etc.)
- skills/levels go up over time
I also added a small reward thing where I only let myself spend on “wants” if I’ve built up enough XP. sounds dumb but it actually helps.
Most of it runs on relations + formulas so I don’t have to think about it after logging. It’s still kind of rough, but I’ve been using it for quite some time now which is new for me.
I made a lighter version of it just to see if this kind of system works for other people too or if I’m just over-engineering my own life.